``Dr. Beach'' Releases 8th Annual Rating of America's Best Beaches.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1999-- Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, the nation's foremost beach expert and a professor at Florida International University Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers and institutes, including those in biomedical engineering, database in Miami, has released his 1999 ranking of America's Best Beaches. -0-
Known as "Dr. Beach," Dr. Leatherman uses 50 criteria to make his
selections. Following is the complete list of this year's picks:
1. Wailea Beach, Hawaii
2. Kaunaoa, Hawaii
3. St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, Florida
4. Hanalei Beach, Hawaii
5. Kaanapali, Hawaii
6. Caladesi Island State Park, Florida
7. Fort Desoto Park, Florida
8. Hamoa Beach, Hawaii
9. Cape Florida SRA, Florida
10. Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
11. St. George Island State Park, Florida
12. East Hampton Beach, New York
13. Westhampton Beach, New York
14. Perdido Key, Florida/Alabama
15. Siesta Beach, Florida
16. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
17. Poipu Beach Park, Hawaii
18. Hanauma Bay, Hawaii
19. Coast Guard Beach, Massachusetts
20. Carpinteria State Beach, California
Previous National Winners, which are excluded from the survey,
are:
1991 Kapalua Bay Beach, Hawaii 1995 St. Andrews SRA, Florida
1992 Bahia Honda SRA, Florida 1996 Lanikai Beach, Hawaii
1993 Hapuna, Hawaii 1997 Hulopoe, Hawaii
1994 Grayton Beach SRA, Florida 1998 Kailua Beach Park, Hawaii
Wailea Beach on the west side of Maui always has the great sunny beach Sunny Beach (Bulgarian: Слънчев бряг, weather. "This pocket beach of white coral (Zool.) an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean. See also: White sand is defined by two points of black lava rock and the trademark hotels in a beautiful tropical setting. Wailea is excellent for swimming and snorkeling during the usually calm days; divers Several; any number more than two; different. Divers is a collective term used to group a number of unspecified people, objects, or acts. It is used frequently to describe property, as in divers parcels of land. and snorkelers often encounter large sea turtles and sometimes manta rays manta ray or devil ray or devilfish Any of several genera of warm-water marine rays, constituting the family Mobulidae, that are wider than they are long. just offshore," Leatherman said.
In addition to best overall beaches, Leatherman has identified
the country's Best City Beaches by region:
Northeast: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (the Washingtonian's favorite)
Southeast: South Beach, Miami, Florida
Gulf: Clearwater Beach, Florida (near Tampa)
Southwest: Newport Beach, California (south of Los Angeles)
Northwest: Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, Southern Oregon
Hawaii: Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Oahu
All of these beaches and hundreds more are described in America's Best Beaches, a full-color Nbook recently released by University Press of Florida ($17.95, 1-800-226-3822) or visit "Dr. Beaches" website for more information (www.topbeaches.com). Of particular interest to many beach aficionados is the moving of the tallest brick lighthouse lighthouse, towerlike structure erected to give guidance and warning to ships and aircraft by either visible or radioelectrical means. Lighthouses were long built to conform in structure to their geographical location. Until the beginning of the 19th cent. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. this summer. As prominently discussed and pictured in America's Best Beaches, the Cape Hatteras Noun 1. Cape Hatteras - a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" Lighthouse, -- which was built in 1870, is 200 feet tall and weighs over 2,800 tons -- it is being moved inland |
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